diff --git a/.changeset/gorgeous-needles-sparkle.md b/.changeset/gorgeous-needles-sparkle.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba798533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gorgeous-needles-sparkle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hyperlane-xyz/sdk': patch
+---
+
+Use getBalance instead of queryContractSmart for CwTokenAdapter
diff --git a/typescript/sdk/src/providers/SmartProvider/SmartProvider.test.ts b/typescript/sdk/src/providers/SmartProvider/SmartProvider.test.ts
index 0deddd6a3..a3c240d4b 100644
--- a/typescript/sdk/src/providers/SmartProvider/SmartProvider.test.ts
+++ b/typescript/sdk/src/providers/SmartProvider/SmartProvider.test.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import { ChainMetadata } from '../../metadata/chainMetadataTypes';
 import { ProviderMethod } from './ProviderMethods';
 import { HyperlaneSmartProvider } from './SmartProvider';
 
-const MIN_BLOCK_NUM = 10000000;
+const MIN_BLOCK_NUM = 10200000;
 const DEFAULT_ACCOUNT = '0x9d525E28Fe5830eE92d7Aa799c4D21590567B595';
 const WETH_CONTRACT = '0xb4fbf271143f4fbf7b91a5ded31805e42b2208d6';
 const WETH_TRANSFER_TOPIC0 =
   '0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef';
 const WETH_TRANSFER_TOPIC1 =
-  '0x0000000000000000000000004648a43b2c14da09fdf82b161150d3f634f40491';
+  '0x00000000000000000000000022a9af161b9660f3dc1b996bf1e622a2c58b8558';
 const WETH_CALL_DATA =
   '0x70a082310000000000000000000000004f7a67464b5976d7547c860109e4432d50afb38e';
 const TRANSFER_TX_HASH =
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ describe('SmartProvider', () => {
 
   for (const [description, config] of configs) {
     describe(description, () => {
-      provider = HyperlaneSmartProvider.fromChainMetadata(config);
+      provider = HyperlaneSmartProvider.fromChainMetadata(config, {
+        debug: true,
+      });
 
       itDoesIfSupported(ProviderMethod.GetBlock, async () => {
         const latestBlock = await provider.getBlock('latest');
diff --git a/typescript/sdk/src/token/adapters/CosmWasmTokenAdapter.ts b/typescript/sdk/src/token/adapters/CosmWasmTokenAdapter.ts
index 10249bca1..fcbc0f6c4 100644
--- a/typescript/sdk/src/token/adapters/CosmWasmTokenAdapter.ts
+++ b/typescript/sdk/src/token/adapters/CosmWasmTokenAdapter.ts
@@ -121,12 +121,9 @@ export class CwTokenAdapter
   }
 
   async getBalance(address: Address): Promise<string> {
-    const resp = await this.queryToken<BalanceResponse>({
-      balance: {
-        address,
-      },
-    });
-    return resp.balance;
+    const provider = await this.getProvider();
+    const balance = await provider.getBalance(address, this.addresses.token);
+    return balance.amount;
   }
 
   async getMetadata(): Promise<CW20Metadata> {